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# August 27, 2018 | Vol. 192 No. 8 August 27, 2018 |  

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August 27th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 8 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentPoliticsSportsU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Glenn Close Is One Step Closer to an Oscar With _The Wife_

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 3 Essential Books for Women Who’d Rather Go It Alone

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### False Prophets Come Under Fire in Two Timely Summer Novels

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before_ Is the Perfect Millennial Take on Boy Meets Girl

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Country Music Star Miranda Lambert Says She Has 'Made a Career Based on Telling the Truth'

The outspoken country star on the importance of women's voices, advice from Dolly Parton and why she still carries a handgun

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### No Matter Who Becomes Arizona’s Next Senator, Trump Has Already Won

In the contest to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate, The President has already won

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Serena Williams Opens Up About Her Complicated Comeback, Motherhood And Making Time to Be Selfish

As her comeback reaches its biggest stage, the tennis icon opens up about motivation, insecurities and life as a working mom

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### How the Airline Worker Who Stole a Plane in Seattle Exposed a Security Risk

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Idlib Could Be the Last Major Battlefield of the Syrian Civil War. But Assad Won’t Take It Easily

[World](/section/world/)

### What to Know About China's Crackdown on a Muslim Minority Group

[World](/section/world/)

### Turkey’s Erdogan Is in a No-Win Situation With Washington

[World](/section/world/)

### Crazy Rich Asians Is Going to Change Hollywood. It's About Time

The much-anticipated movie signals a major step forward for representation—and for the industry


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